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  • 25 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 25

Factory" (HBR May-June 1974), Wickham Skinner proposed that manufacturers whose product lines had proliferated create specialized units, each dedicated to a distinct task. To make this economically feasible, he suggested the plant within a plant, or PWP, model,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them

of hospitals rather than a more holistic view of the sector. "We need [talented managers in] hospices and retail clinics and nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities and biotech, medical devices, and health IT. Further, this focus on... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health; Education
  • 20 May 2016
  • Op-Ed

World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics

Facility should rapidly deploy money in conjunction with the proposed WHO $100 million contingency fund for emergency outbreaks. Why not let the World Bank, with its broadening social mission under president (and former WHO executive) Jim... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Health
  • 16 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 16, 2008

Michael W. Toffel Publication:Strategic Management Journal 29, no. 10 (October 2008) Abstract This paper combines new and old institutionalism to explain differences in organizational strategies. We propose that differences in the influence of corporate departments... View Details
  • 29 Jun 2015
  • HBS Case

Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records

Charlotte, which in 2014 owned and managed hospitals and acute care facilities in three states. In 2011, Carolinas launched Dickson Advanced Analytics, which incorporated complex clinical, financial, demographic, and claims data to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Technology
  • 27 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 27

mostly involving ground facilities and processes. This note provides an overview of the history and current state of air transportation in the U.S., covering industry costs; types of airlines, including passenger and cargo (e.g., Delta,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Sep 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Consumers Value Global Brands

Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984, the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989, the outcry over Shell's plan to sink its Brent Spar oil rig and the protests at its Nigerian facilities in 1995—people have become convinced that global brands have a special... View Details
Keywords: by Douglas B. Holt, John A. Quelch & Earl L. Taylor
  • 20 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

When CEOs Become Activists

When North Carolina governor Pat McCrory recently signed into law the Public Facilities Privacy & Securities Act, in response to a Charlotte city ordinance that, among other things, would have prohibited discrimination based on sexual... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Publishing
  • 08 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 8, 2008

comprehensive micro-data allow us to study how the entry rate, the distribution of entry sizes, and survival rates for firms responded to changes in banking competition. We also distinguish the relative effect of the policy reforms on the entry of startups versus View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model

pediatric heart hospital facilities in the world." Shetty also directs telemedicine units that connect to remote areas in northeastern India, allowing physicians and technicians to communicate on acute care. Telemedicine is one way... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health
  • 27 Sep 2016
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September 27, 2016

embedded in its LED fixtures not only significantly reduced lighting-related energy use—by up to 90% in some cases—but also served as a tool for the Internet of Things (IoT) to expose powerful insights about facility use. Yet in 2016, few... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2003
  • Conference Paper

Follow the Money: What Really Drives Technology Innovation in Construction

By: John D. Macomber
Technology enthusiasts, academics, and software companies remain concerned about the slow pace of innovation in the construction industry. Tools are widely available that seem to provide eminently sensible and clearly apparent improvement to the process of design and... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Technological Innovation; Construction; Design; Performance Improvement; Motivation and Incentives; Knowledge Management; Adoption; Business Model; Capital Structure; Supply Chain
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Macomber, John D. "Follow the Money: What Really Drives Technology Innovation in Construction." Paper presented at the American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003.
  • 19 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 19

jobs and dignified salaries. As of March 2010, La Fageda has opened up a new production facility to make ice cream in an urban area outside of its well-known agricultural farm. Students are faced with understanding La Fageda's business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Sep 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

turnaround of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the 2002-2003 season? Was it Paul Pressler as head of Disney Sports, because he got investment funds from Disney CEO Michael Eisner and then hired Bryan Murray? Was it Bryan Murray as the general manager, who spent the money on... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  • 19 Jan 2022
  • In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

strain on health care facilities that were inundated with patients requiring intensive treatment. As the first wave of the pandemic subsided, however, several of these temporary changes were reversed or allowed to expire. Now, in early... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
  • April 2006 (Revised November 2021)
  • Case

Endesa Chile: Raising the Ralco Dam (A)

By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Paula J. Laschober and Dina Pradel
Endesa Chile, the largest electricity generation company in Chile, is building a major power plant on the Biobio River in Southern Chile. A historic conflict involving the indigenous people of the Biobio River, the Chilean government, and international conservation... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Energy Generation; Government and Politics; Negotiation; Business and Community Relations; Natural Environment; Conflict and Resolution; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; Chile
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McGinn, Kathleen L., Paula J. Laschober, and Dina Pradel. "Endesa Chile: Raising the Ralco Dam (A)." Harvard Business School Case 906-014, April 2006. (Revised November 2021.)
  • 24 Dec 2013
  • First Look

First Look: December 24

leading up to the restructuring played a central role in the success of this restructuring. The case protagonist is Rajath Shourie, Managing Director at Oaktree Capital Management. Shourie evaluates the opportunity to extend a $3 billion rescue credit View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care

Under positive-sum competition, providers would not attempt to match competitors' every move. Instead, they would develop clear strategies around unique expertise and tailored facilities in those areas where they can become distinctive.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health
  • 08 May 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Cost of Cutting in Line

show, for example, that companies must not try to buy local approval if they plan to open a new facility that the local community does not welcome. If Wal-Mart plans to open a new store and the town does not like it, the worst thing the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

range of customers concentrated in a particular area at affordable prices averaging $39 per month. However, this positioning was increasingly coming under pressure. Small studios offering focused facilities at as little as $10 per month... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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